Yahoo Music Unlimited launches
posted May 11th 2005 8:30AM
Today marks the official launch of what Yahoo announced
back in March: their Yahoo Music Unlimited service is a direct competitor to both
Napster/Napster To Go and
RealNetworks's Rhapsody/Rhapsody To Go, as well as
Apple's pay-per-download only
iTunes Music Store. Yahoo is
going to be undercutting the former two both by a good 60 percent, by offering the music subscription service
(including transfer to portable devices) for $6.99 monthly, or $4.99 per month for an annual subscription. Plus,
they're going to include (and focus on) music sharing via the Yahoo! Messenger chat network, a unique feature they can
tap into by virtue of being a company that already does a lot more than just provide a music service. The beta version
of the service starts today, and gets members into unlimited tracks from a catalog of about a million songs.
[Thanks, zainali]
How many iPods are out there now? Is it 10 million or so
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Try 17 million.. they annouced 15 million at the last conference call so i estimate about 2M have been sold since then.. the rate is now 500M iTunes songs and 20M ipods per year..
The truth, which is going to sound odd, is that apple has admitted they'll open up the ipod DRM if their marketshare starts to slip.. but so far, it just keeps going up...
the people on this board sound like bill gates.. that's not a compliment.. comparing it to the mac marketshare is silly..
apple doesn't care much for the business market.. that's why they don't lisence the OS.. apple wants to be the PC for the home... if the rumored iMovie store gets off the ground in the next 6 months, we might just have another monopoly on our hands..
Sirs: I am a pro music journalist who has been interviewing musicians for over 30 years. I have now amassed a huge and rare archive of recorded interviews with hundreds of classic rock artists. I thought this content would be perfect as a download companion for your Yahoo! Music Unlimited program. For 99 cents, or whatever, you could download 5 minutes of an interview with Tom Morello talking about the new Audioslave album. I have hundreds of interviews - over 1,000 hours of content - everyone from Aerosmith to Zeppelin.
I thank you for your time and interest and do look forward to hearing back from you. Please don't hesitate to call me anytime at (323) 654-1145.
Thank you,
Steven Rosen